Today Liberal Democrat shadow Brexit Secretary Tom Brake has signed
the cross-party Bill which, if passed, will force Boris
Johnson to request a 3 month extension if Parliament has either not
agreed a deal or agreed to no-deal by October 19th. Following
this, Tom Brake said: "This Bill provides the means to rule out a
catastrophic no-deal Brexit. If passed, it will ensure that Boris
Johnson has to seek an extension so that he cannot drag the
country off the cliff edge. "The...Request free trial
Today Liberal Democrat shadow Brexit Secretary has signed the cross-party Bill
which, if passed, will force to request a 3 month extension
if Parliament has either not agreed a deal or agreed to
no-deal by October 19th.
Following this, said:
"This Bill provides the means to rule out a catastrophic no-deal
Brexit. If passed, it will ensure that has to seek an extension
so that he cannot drag the country off the cliff edge.
"The Liberal Democrats have been working with others to ensure that
this Tory-created mess does not lead to us falling out of the EU
without a deal on October 31st. We will continue to do
everything in our power to ensure this is the case.
"But ultimately the only way of bringing this sad chapter of our
history to an end is to provide a People's Vote and as, the
strongest and biggest remain party, we will keep fighting to stop
Brexit altogether".
